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APPLIOATXOH FILED HOY. 26, 1909. f

UNITED STATES' PATENT OFFICE.

- HERBERT W. MCAFEE, F COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.

3 vie-.r 'oi a suit ease partly broken away,

V'part, or support, as lt). of the suit-easc, or other object, 1s a tube 101, havinga longitu- To all whom it mayv concern: t Y

Be it known that I, HERBERT W. ltoArEE, a citizen ofthe United States, residing atl Columbus, in the county of Muscocreeand State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in VDisappearing,lr Doors, of which the following is a specification, it being understood that various changes in construction may be made without departing; from the spirit of the rinvention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

My invention relates principally to improvements in disappearing doors foi' snit cases, but it may be applied to various other kinds of furniture and fixtures, and its ob'- jccts are to provide a disappearing door that will not become derailed, to prevent defacing the door, to prevent sagging of the door,A and to provide a simple door which is easily constructed and applied. I attain these 0bjects by the mechanism shown in the accompanying drawing. in which:

Figure 1- is n top plan view; Fig. 2- is an end elevation; Fig. 3- is a perspective showing how the device is applied; Fig. 4- is an enlarged end view ot'V the track and rollers.

1 represents a door, which is secured toa i vertical supporting1nelnber 2, as by hinges. Ilorizontally secured to some stationary diually-extendin;r slot 9. Supported by the tube l0 is a reciprocating member, preferably a horizontally-disposed bar 4, carrying rollers 8, 8, working in the. lslot t) and sliding on the upper and lower walls of said slot. I

DISAPPEARING Doos.

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Application flied November 26, 1909. Serial Ho. 530,069,

Patented Oct. 11, 1910.

Secured to one end of the bar4 is a plate 5, having a lateral flange 11. The supporting member 52 of the door is pivotally secured, as at 5, to this plate 5. Secured to a stationary part is a stop 12, with which the flange 11 engages in the outward movement of the door, to linit the range of out-ward travel of the latter. lA two-part brace 6, having a turn-buckle T, is secured at its upper end to the upper `ini-tion of the support and, at its lower end, to one end of the' bar 4. During this opening and closing the door 1 is prevented from striking the side 10, of the case, by means of a guide pin 13, which is secured in the bottom of the case or fixture, and ex- Y tends high enough to engage a groove 14, in the bottom of the said door 1.

Having thus described my invent-ion what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent isv The combination with a vertical supportingr member, of a door carried thereby, a horizontally-disposed tube having a longitudinally extending slot, a horizontally disposed, reciprocating bar carrying rollers working in said slot, an adjustable bracingmember lsecured to said bar and said vertical supporting-iuember, a plate secured to said bar and having a lateral flange, saidvertical plate, and a stationary stopagainst which said tlange abats to limit the outward travel J. Vt. qAUNnnns, S. (l. BnaNNoN.

" supportilne` lnember beinrrr pivoted to said 

